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* [[http://www.scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070627 Of the Devil himself]], just before crushing him with a JCB.

* The whole point behind the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPOLQmqNXso "I'm Not Gonna Panic"]], used in the dub of ''Anime/YuGiOh''.

* The MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic AbridgedSeries ''WebVideo/ScootertrixTheAbridged'' has normally LovableCoward Fluttershy[[note]] Who's even ''more'' easily scared than cannon[[/note]], face down a cockatrice, a creature that feeds on fear. Interestingly, this is at first played for laughs, with Fluttershy finding the [[MixAndMatchCritter cockatrice's]] [[NightmareRetardant bizarre appearance, more weird than scary.]] Then, played for drama, after it actual tries to attack her and the CMC, at which point stares it down yelling [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "I'm. Not. Scared."]], [[spoiler: causing it to '''explode'''.]]

* It's an ally rather than an enemy, but Dave discovers that [[spoiler:the man who had been interviewing him]] is dead and his appearance just a result of Dave taking the sauce in ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd''. However since the reason the damn things are there in the first place isn't logical ([[PsychicPowers they are a product of the mind]]) they [[PuffOfLogic promptly disappear]], because willing them out of existence isn't logical, either.

* ''SilentHill2'' treats Pyramid Head as manifestations of James' guilt over [[spoiler:killing his wife]], and since he has repressed the memory and not dealt with it, Pyramid Head is unbeatable throughout most of the game. By the penultimate boss battle, James had unblocked the memory, and was willing to face the consequences of that action, so for the first time the [[ImplacableMan Pyramid Head]] has a health bar and can be killed.

* How about Stephen King's ''Literature/{{It}}''? In the first half of the story, the MonsterClown disappears when the children prove they aren't afraid of him.

''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''
** Yoda has one of these in his Lost Missions arc. He confronts a Dark Side apparition of himself which only becomes stronger the more he denies that the dark emotions it represents are part of him. Only by accepting that these emotions are part of him does the Jedi Master triumph.

* In ''VideoGame/Paranoiac'', [[TheProtagonist Miki]] tries to defeat the monster by insisting it’s not real. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: this occurs in [[DownerEnding the bad ending]] – the monster keeps advancing upon Miki anyway and she is found dead the next morning. Acknowledging that the monster ''is'' real leads to the good ending, although ''that'' ending also reveals Miki is [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane a schizophrenic…]]]]

-->--''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones''

* The MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic AbridgedSeries ''WebVideo/ScootertrixTheAbridged'' has normally LovableCoward Fluttershy[[note]] Who's even ''more'' easily scared than cannon[[/note]], face down a cockatrice, a creature that feeds on fear. Interestingly, this is at first played for laughs, with Fluttershy finding the [[MixAndMatchCritter cockatrice's]] [[NightmareRetardant bizarre appearance, more weird than scary.]] Then, played for drama, after it actual tries to attack her and the CMC, at which point stares it down yelling [[PuncturedForEmphasis "I'm. Not. Scared."]], [[spoiler: causing it to '''explode'''.]]

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': There is a monster called a boggart, which takes the form of your worst fear. If you use the 'riddikulus' spell, and imagine a way to make the thing funny (e.g. a spider on rollerblades) then it'll be weakened, as it's hurt by laughter.

->'''Prince''': ''[transformed into [[SuperpoweredEvilSide the Dark Prince]]]'' You are right, I have been like a child. Naive and arrogant, always rushing to undo my mistakes, never facing the consequences of my actions. No more. I accept what I have done and all that it implies.\\

** Although, the phrase, "if you're not afraid, it can't hurt you" seems to be a team catchphrase, as it turns up again in later episodes, notably in ''The Halloween Door''.

* The MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic AbridgedSeries ''WebVideo/ScootertrixTheAbridged has normally LovableCoward Fluttershy[[note]] Who's even ''more'' easily scared than cannon[[/note]], face down a cockatrice, a creature that feeds on fear. Interestingly, this is at first played for laughs, with Fluttershy finding the [[MixAndMatchCritter cockatrice's]] [[NightmareRetardant bizarre appearance, more weird than scary.]] Then, played for drama, after it actual tries to attack her and the CMC, at which point stares it down yelling "[[PuncturedForEmphasis I'm. Not. Scared.]]", [[spoiler: causing it to '''explode'''.]]

* The MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic AbridgedSeries ''WebVideo/ScootertrixTheAbridged has normally LovableCoward Fluttershy[[note]] Who's even ''more'' easily scared than cannon[[/note]], face down a cockatrice, a creature that feeds on fear. Interestingly, this is at first played for laughs, with Fluttershy finding the [[MixAndMatchCritter cockatrice's]] [[NightmareRetardant bizarre appearance, more weird than scary.]] Then, played for drama, after it actual tries to attack her and the CMC, at which point stares it down yelling "[[Punctured.For.Emphasis I'm. Not. Scared.]]", [[spoiler: causing it to '''explode'''.]]

* The MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic AbridgedSeries ''WebVideo/ScootertrixTheAbridged has normally LovableCoward Fluttershy[[note]] Who's even ''more'' easily scared than cannon[[/note]], face down a cockatrice, a creature that feeds on fear. Interestingly, this is at first played for laughs, with Fluttershy finding the [[MixAndMatchCritter cockatrice's]] [[NightmareRetardent bizarre appearance, more weird than scary.]] Then, played for drama, after it actual tries to attack her and the CMC, at which point stares it down yelling "[[PuncturedForEmphasis I'm. Not. Scared.]]", [[spoiler: causing it to '''explode'''.]]

* Jamie says this to [[HumanoidAbomination Pitch Black]] in Rise of the Ghardians. Cue [[HellYes him and the other kids turning his nightmares in to gold sand]]
* The reason any monster loses a workable door in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' as once a child isn't afraid of them, the monster can't collect screams to power the city.

->'''Prince''': You are right, I have been like a child. Naive and arrogant, always rushing to undo my mistakes, never facing the consequences of my actions. No more. I accept what I have done and all that it implies.\\
''[the Prince transforms to normal]''\\

[[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/prince_of_persia_the_two_thrones7.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"You hold no power over me now. Begone. Retreat to whatever dark hole spawned you and do not trouble me again."]]

* In [[Literature/EarthseaTrilogy A Wizard of Earthsea]], Sparrowhawk is liberated from the threat of the shadow creature by discovering its [[IKnowYourTrueName True Name]]. It's [[spoiler: Ged (his own true name).]]

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' the training to achieve the final release of a zanpakuto involves the Shinigami and their zanpakuto's spirit engaging in a battle. The key to the training is for the Shinigami to recognize that the zanpakuto cannot harm them as it is a part of them and to let themselves be cut by the blade.